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Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois, Wednesday, March 24, 1954
"Chamey's Aunt" for
Spring Festiva Show
The drama department's con- studies are employed to go on in
tribution to spring festival this a given part in case a member of
years will be "Charley's Aunt" by the cast is unable to play a per-
Brandon Thomas, running April formance. It is necessary foi
13-14, time out for Easter vaca- them to be prepared to do the
tion, and then April 20-24. part each performance. It is
A favorite for many years, often the case that they are giv-
"Charley's Aunt" was first pro- en as little as 15 or 20 minutes
duced in 1892 with W. S. Penley notice before going on.
in the title role. Since then, there In the professional theatre un-have
been many others to try derstudies are given little or no
this part - Jack Benny, Jose rehearsal - they are present at
Ferrer, Ray Bolger, Syd Chaplin all rehearsals, but learn the part
(Char 1 ie Chaplin's brother), by observation and not by going
Charles Ruggles, etc. The play through the part.
has been "translated into every Here at Wesleyan we hope to
language under the sun," even simulate a professional situation
Zulu. "At one time the play was - our understudies will observe
being performed in no less than rehearsals as is done in the pro-
48 places on the same night." fessional theatre and will have
With this play, the IWU drama one hour's notice on the eve-department
is introducing a new ning they are to perform. Also,
educational feature for its drama they will have an additional
majors in that understudies are problem in that they are under-being
added to the cast list. In studying two parts - one near
the professional theatre under- their own age and an older or
character part. It is interesting
and new to all concerned, and it
1 askrer is- hoped.that it will prepare
them for participation in any
eemed A S ces field of theatre that they may
choose.
The Alumni Council and mem-bers
of the committees wish to
express appreciation to all those
who helped make the basketball
dinner a success. Both students
and alumni supported it in a
very fine way. Alumni returning
for the dinner expressed grati-fication
for the way in which the
event was planned and carried
out.
Special praise should go to Miss
Smiley and her staff, without
whose cooperation the dinner
could not have been a success.
It entailed much hard work for
everyone. It was a pleasure to
see all join in paying a well
earned tribute to the team that
brought honor, not only to them-selves,
but to the school.
Here's The Explanation
Of Last Week's Names
Last week the Argus raised the
question, "Marilyn Lumb turned
one in, why don't you?" And so
did Jack Chantos, Bill Forkner,
Frances Dean and Lee York. The
story behind our gimmick is this:
These people have turned in the
names and addresses of pros-pective
students they know and
in this way have greatly aided
the Admissions Office. If you
know of any high school upper
classman who might be inter-ested
in attending a college such
as Wesleyan, we are asking you
to turn in his or her name to
Junior Recitals
Set for Tomorrow
On Thursday, March 25, at 4
p.m., Mary Durkee, French horn
player, June McDermott, saxo-phone
player, and Mark Snyder,
pianist, will present their junior
recitals.
Miss Drukee will present "Son-ata
for Horn" by Beaversdorf,
Jr.; "Chant Sans Paroles" by
Clerisse; and "Intermezzo, Op.
35, No. 11" by Gliere.
Mary is a member of Sigmo
Alpha Iota, Bloomington-Normal
Symphony, concert band, March-ing
Band, Argus, and Titan
Council. Her accompanist will be
Ann Rothschild.
For her selections, Miss Mc-
Dermott will play "Pastorale" by
Moreau; selections from "His-toires"
by Ibert.
June is a member of Delta
Omicron, Sigma Kappa, Concert
Band, Marching Band, Women's
Chorus, and Titan Council. Her
accompanist will be Margaret
Wilson.
Mr. Snyder will play "Prelude
and Fugue in C Minor" by Bach;
Official!
EAxftterar EDaasyt eOr ff
Dean Beadles has officially an-nounced
that Monday April 19,
will be a campus holiday. "It
is a long standing tradition on
the Wesleyan. campus to grant a
full holiday to the student body
whenever a Wesleyan team wins
a clear-cut, undisputed confer-ence
championship in a major
athletic spor t," said Dean
Beadles. "As you .all know, the
Wesleyan basketball team has
just won a conference champion-ship,
and by so doing has earned
a free day for all students and
faculty."
Explaining why this date was
chosen, Dean Beadles added, "I
asked the Student Union to make
a recommendation as to when
the students would prefer to
have the holiday ... This is the
day following Easter and, since
the spring vacation this year
does not include Easter Sunday,
taking the holiday at this time
will permit the student to have a
long Easter week-end."
App ication Due
NOw If Same
Room W nted
Room reservations for 1954-55
may be made now in the Office
of the Dean of Students by those
who wish to occupy the same
rooms they now have. Priority
rating will be given until Wed-nesday,
April 7. After April 7
reservations will be open. Your
present room deposit will be con-sidered
your deposit for next
year. In other words, if you make
a reservation for next year, you
will not receive a refund check
at the close of this year. As al-ways,
room deposits are refund-able
until July 1.
Dormitories for men next year
will be Magill, Gulick, Munsell,
and Kemp (entire building .
Dormitories for women will be
Pfeiffer, Blackstock, and East.
Seniors: File
Credentials Now
Notices of teaching vacancies
fnr next, v r .re hp innin tn
"First and Second Movements come into the Placement Office.
from Sonata in B Flat" by Moz- Seniors who desire to teach next
aarrtt;; aanndd ""IInntteerrmmeezzzzoo,, OOpp.. 111177,, year will be expected to come to
No. 1" by Brahms. this office to learn of reported
Mark is a member of Phi Mu vacancies in their teaching field.
Alpha, Apollo Quartet, and the Notifications of vacancies will
Concert Band. not be sent out until the student
has left the campus after grad-
,.., aT:d Dr,) uation.
Alice Scriba sure loved her part
in the Terrapin show last week.
She must have, 'cause she walked
around campus with her whis-
Mr. Lee Short, Director of Ad- kers still on one day after re-missions.
hearsal.
Very few seniors have com-pleted
their sets of credentials.
These must be completed and be
on file in the Placement Office
so they can be sent to the school
where the candidate is making
application. Let's get them in!
S. itauder Tells of
Life Undler Hitler
'Germany Could Have Lost Itself'
Told in Special Session Friday
"After the defeat of Germany after the first World War, the
people felt that they had to blame someone - the Jews, Free-masons,
etc. It must be some sinister power, because' Germany
just couldn't have lost by itself." That was what Dr. Emil Kauder
told members of the Contemporary Europe History class when they
met Friday afternoon at the Green Room of Memorial Center.
Meeting to observe the 20th birthday of class member Janet
Kish with a light snack consisting of coffee, ice cream and cup
cakes, the class members took
the opportunity to hear Dr. Kau-der's
experiences under Nazi
Germany.
Starting out by observing that
the class was having a birthday
party, Dr. Kauder said that he
would well remember several
birthdays of his own. On his
i7th birthday, his family had no-thing
to eat. On his 20th birth-day
he obtained his discharge
from what was thought to be a
"nonexistent" German army, and
by his 37th birthday he did not
know if he would be arrested by
the Nazi Gestapo or if he would
escape. He escaped-"one step
ahead of the Gestapo."
Dr. Kauder said the, German
people had grown used to the
idea that they had gr at mili-tary
power. It was, he said, na-tural
for them to assume after
the great disappointment of 1918
that something or someone was
responsible. It was easy for the
Nazis to blame the Jews, Free-masons
or other groups.
Nazis Gain Power
The speaker said he was teach-ing
economics in a university in
Berlin at the start of the move-ment
and that at first only a
very few of the students were be-lievers
of Hitler. But then more
and more of them wore the
Brown shirt of the Nazi party to
class and gave the Nazi salute.
After cabinet after cabinet had
come and gone, Hitler ,was taken
into the second cabinet of Von
Papen. Papen, by the way, felt
that Hitler was completey under
his thumb. More and more the
Student Union Off cer
Candidates Announced
Bob Coda, president of the
Student Union, has announced
those candidates for Student
Union officers for next year.
Those persons whose names will
appear on the primary ballot for
the election April 6 include:
For president-Dick Hull.
For vice president-Ann Roth-child,
Alice Sriba, Joseph Tolson,
and Richard Voss.
Secretary-Shirley Crum.
Mr. Coda has announced also
that write-in candidates may
run n the primary ballot but are,
not allowed to electionees be-fore
the voting. Voters must use
an (X) on the ballot or it is
void. Write-in candidates must
also have an (X) before the
name. All ballots must be signed
by one of the clerks at the polls.
The polls will be open from 8
a.m. until 5 p.m. The final elec-tion
will be April 13, the same
hours.
Nazis of Hitler came into power.
Hitler said he was a defender
against Communism (always be
careful of those who fight com-munism
the most, said Kauder).
It was then that the Reichstag
fire broke out-and the Nazis
Reds. Dr. Kauder said it is now
known definitely that the Nazis
set the fire themselves and then
blamed it on the Reds.
Several Friends Lost
Upon the rumor of a revolution
(Continued on page 3)
Vol. 60 No. 24
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Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois, Wednesday, March 24, 1954
"Chamey's Aunt" for
Spring Festiva Show
The drama department's con- studies are employed to go on in
tribution to spring festival this a given part in case a member of
years will be "Charley's Aunt" by the cast is unable to play a per-
Brandon Thomas, running April formance. It is necessary foi
13-14, time out for Easter vaca- them to be prepared to do the
tion, and then April 20-24. part each performance. It is
A favorite for many years, often the case that they are giv-
"Charley's Aunt" was first pro- en as little as 15 or 20 minutes
duced in 1892 with W. S. Penley notice before going on.
in the title role. Since then, there In the professional theatre un-have
been many others to try derstudies are given little or no
this part - Jack Benny, Jose rehearsal - they are present at
Ferrer, Ray Bolger, Syd Chaplin all rehearsals, but learn the part
(Char 1 ie Chaplin's brother), by observation and not by going
Charles Ruggles, etc. The play through the part.
has been "translated into every Here at Wesleyan we hope to
language under the sun," even simulate a professional situation
Zulu. "At one time the play was - our understudies will observe
being performed in no less than rehearsals as is done in the pro-
48 places on the same night." fessional theatre and will have
With this play, the IWU drama one hour's notice on the eve-department
is introducing a new ning they are to perform. Also,
educational feature for its drama they will have an additional
majors in that understudies are problem in that they are under-being
added to the cast list. In studying two parts - one near
the professional theatre under- their own age and an older or
character part. It is interesting
and new to all concerned, and it
1 askrer is- hoped.that it will prepare
them for participation in any
eemed A S ces field of theatre that they may
choose.
The Alumni Council and mem-bers
of the committees wish to
express appreciation to all those
who helped make the basketball
dinner a success. Both students
and alumni supported it in a
very fine way. Alumni returning
for the dinner expressed grati-fication
for the way in which the
event was planned and carried
out.
Special praise should go to Miss
Smiley and her staff, without
whose cooperation the dinner
could not have been a success.
It entailed much hard work for
everyone. It was a pleasure to
see all join in paying a well
earned tribute to the team that
brought honor, not only to them-selves,
but to the school.
Here's The Explanation
Of Last Week's Names
Last week the Argus raised the
question, "Marilyn Lumb turned
one in, why don't you?" And so
did Jack Chantos, Bill Forkner,
Frances Dean and Lee York. The
story behind our gimmick is this:
These people have turned in the
names and addresses of pros-pective
students they know and
in this way have greatly aided
the Admissions Office. If you
know of any high school upper
classman who might be inter-ested
in attending a college such
as Wesleyan, we are asking you
to turn in his or her name to
Junior Recitals
Set for Tomorrow
On Thursday, March 25, at 4
p.m., Mary Durkee, French horn
player, June McDermott, saxo-phone
player, and Mark Snyder,
pianist, will present their junior
recitals.
Miss Drukee will present "Son-ata
for Horn" by Beaversdorf,
Jr.; "Chant Sans Paroles" by
Clerisse; and "Intermezzo, Op.
35, No. 11" by Gliere.
Mary is a member of Sigmo
Alpha Iota, Bloomington-Normal
Symphony, concert band, March-ing
Band, Argus, and Titan
Council. Her accompanist will be
Ann Rothschild.
For her selections, Miss Mc-
Dermott will play "Pastorale" by
Moreau; selections from "His-toires"
by Ibert.
June is a member of Delta
Omicron, Sigma Kappa, Concert
Band, Marching Band, Women's
Chorus, and Titan Council. Her
accompanist will be Margaret
Wilson.
Mr. Snyder will play "Prelude
and Fugue in C Minor" by Bach;
Official!
EAxftterar EDaasyt eOr ff
Dean Beadles has officially an-nounced
that Monday April 19,
will be a campus holiday. "It
is a long standing tradition on
the Wesleyan. campus to grant a
full holiday to the student body
whenever a Wesleyan team wins
a clear-cut, undisputed confer-ence
championship in a major
athletic spor t," said Dean
Beadles. "As you .all know, the
Wesleyan basketball team has
just won a conference champion-ship,
and by so doing has earned
a free day for all students and
faculty."
Explaining why this date was
chosen, Dean Beadles added, "I
asked the Student Union to make
a recommendation as to when
the students would prefer to
have the holiday ... This is the
day following Easter and, since
the spring vacation this year
does not include Easter Sunday,
taking the holiday at this time
will permit the student to have a
long Easter week-end."
App ication Due
NOw If Same
Room W nted
Room reservations for 1954-55
may be made now in the Office
of the Dean of Students by those
who wish to occupy the same
rooms they now have. Priority
rating will be given until Wed-nesday,
April 7. After April 7
reservations will be open. Your
present room deposit will be con-sidered
your deposit for next
year. In other words, if you make
a reservation for next year, you
will not receive a refund check
at the close of this year. As al-ways,
room deposits are refund-able
until July 1.
Dormitories for men next year
will be Magill, Gulick, Munsell,
and Kemp (entire building .
Dormitories for women will be
Pfeiffer, Blackstock, and East.
Seniors: File
Credentials Now
Notices of teaching vacancies
fnr next, v r .re hp innin tn
"First and Second Movements come into the Placement Office.
from Sonata in B Flat" by Moz- Seniors who desire to teach next
aarrtt;; aanndd ""IInntteerrmmeezzzzoo,, OOpp.. 111177,, year will be expected to come to
No. 1" by Brahms. this office to learn of reported
Mark is a member of Phi Mu vacancies in their teaching field.
Alpha, Apollo Quartet, and the Notifications of vacancies will
Concert Band. not be sent out until the student
has left the campus after grad-
,.., aT:d Dr,) uation.
Alice Scriba sure loved her part
in the Terrapin show last week.
She must have, 'cause she walked
around campus with her whis-
Mr. Lee Short, Director of Ad- kers still on one day after re-missions.
hearsal.
Very few seniors have com-pleted
their sets of credentials.
These must be completed and be
on file in the Placement Office
so they can be sent to the school
where the candidate is making
application. Let's get them in!
S. itauder Tells of
Life Undler Hitler
'Germany Could Have Lost Itself'
Told in Special Session Friday
"After the defeat of Germany after the first World War, the
people felt that they had to blame someone - the Jews, Free-masons,
etc. It must be some sinister power, because' Germany
just couldn't have lost by itself." That was what Dr. Emil Kauder
told members of the Contemporary Europe History class when they
met Friday afternoon at the Green Room of Memorial Center.
Meeting to observe the 20th birthday of class member Janet
Kish with a light snack consisting of coffee, ice cream and cup
cakes, the class members took
the opportunity to hear Dr. Kau-der's
experiences under Nazi
Germany.
Starting out by observing that
the class was having a birthday
party, Dr. Kauder said that he
would well remember several
birthdays of his own. On his
i7th birthday, his family had no-thing
to eat. On his 20th birth-day
he obtained his discharge
from what was thought to be a
"nonexistent" German army, and
by his 37th birthday he did not
know if he would be arrested by
the Nazi Gestapo or if he would
escape. He escaped-"one step
ahead of the Gestapo."
Dr. Kauder said the, German
people had grown used to the
idea that they had gr at mili-tary
power. It was, he said, na-tural
for them to assume after
the great disappointment of 1918
that something or someone was
responsible. It was easy for the
Nazis to blame the Jews, Free-masons
or other groups.
Nazis Gain Power
The speaker said he was teach-ing
economics in a university in
Berlin at the start of the move-ment
and that at first only a
very few of the students were be-lievers
of Hitler. But then more
and more of them wore the
Brown shirt of the Nazi party to
class and gave the Nazi salute.
After cabinet after cabinet had
come and gone, Hitler ,was taken
into the second cabinet of Von
Papen. Papen, by the way, felt
that Hitler was completey under
his thumb. More and more the
Student Union Off cer
Candidates Announced
Bob Coda, president of the
Student Union, has announced
those candidates for Student
Union officers for next year.
Those persons whose names will
appear on the primary ballot for
the election April 6 include:
For president-Dick Hull.
For vice president-Ann Roth-child,
Alice Sriba, Joseph Tolson,
and Richard Voss.
Secretary-Shirley Crum.
Mr. Coda has announced also
that write-in candidates may
run n the primary ballot but are,
not allowed to electionees be-fore
the voting. Voters must use
an (X) on the ballot or it is
void. Write-in candidates must
also have an (X) before the
name. All ballots must be signed
by one of the clerks at the polls.
The polls will be open from 8
a.m. until 5 p.m. The final elec-tion
will be April 13, the same
hours.
Nazis of Hitler came into power.
Hitler said he was a defender
against Communism (always be
careful of those who fight com-munism
the most, said Kauder).
It was then that the Reichstag
fire broke out-and the Nazis
Reds. Dr. Kauder said it is now
known definitely that the Nazis
set the fire themselves and then
blamed it on the Reds.
Several Friends Lost
Upon the rumor of a revolution
(Continued on page 3)
Vol. 60 No. 24
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